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Balanced Development in Globalizing Regional Development? Unpacking the New Regional Policy of South Korea

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Lee Y.-S. Balanced development in globalizing regional development? Unpacking the new regional policy of South Korea, Regional Studies. This paper critically examines South Korea's adoption of 'new regionalism' as a basis for its regional policy initiatives. It is argued that this new regional policy poses dualism between endogenism and exogenism, and as such fails to reformulate and re-articulate theoretical and policy views on the globalization of regional development. Instead of dualism, a concept of 'multi-scalar governance' has been developed as an analytical lens through which regional development in the era of globalization can be analysed. Based on this viewpoint, the drawbacks of the new regional policy - the problems of triangular inter-scalar coordination - are specifically reviewed. For this analysis, archival re-examination and in-depth interviews with policy-makers have been employed. [image omitted] Lee Y.-S. Le developpement equilibre dans la mondialisation de l'amenagement du territoire? Deballer la nouvelle politique regionale de la Coree du Sud, Regional Studies. Cet article cherche a examiner d'un oeil critique l'adoption par la Coree du Sud de la 'nouvelle regionalisation' comme cadre des actions de sa nouvelle politique regionale. Dans cet article, on affirme que cette nouvelle politique regionale presente le dualisme entre des approches endogene et exogene et, par la suite, ne reussit ni a reformuler, ni a rearticuler des perspectives theoriques et de politique sur la mondialisation de l'amenagement du territoire. A la place du dualisme, on developpe la notion de 'gouvernance a echelles multiples' comme une lentille analytique par laquelle on pourrait analyser l'amenagement du territoire a l'epoque de la mondialisation. Dans cette optique, on fait la critique en particulier des inconvenients de la nouvelle politique regionale - a savoir, les problemes de la coordination triangulaire a echelles multiples. Dans cette analyse, on reexamine des archives et interviewe dans le detail les decideurs. Gouvernance a echelles multiples Politique regionale Amenagement du territoire Coordination a echelles mutiples Reseaux de production mondiaux Nouvelle regionalisation Lee Y.-S. Ausgeglichene Entwicklung bei der Globalisierung der Regionalentwicklung? Eine Untersuchung der neuen Regionalpolitik in Sudkorea, Regional Studies. In diesem Artikel wird die Ubernahme des 'neuen Regionalismus' in Sudkorea als Grundlage fur regionalpolitische Initiativen kritisch untersucht. Ich argumentiere in meinem Beitrag, dass diese neue Regionalpolitik einen Dualismus zwischen Endogenismus und Exogenismus verursacht und somit nicht in der Lage ist, die theoretischen und politischen Perspektiven der Globalisierung der Regionalentwicklung neu zu formulieren und zu artikulieren. Anstelle eines Dualismus habe ich ein Konzept der 'multiskalaren Regierungsfuhrung' als analytisches Objektiv entwickelt, durch das sich die Regionalentwicklung im Zeitalter der Globalisierung analysieren lasst. Ausgehend von dieser Perspektive werden die Nachteile der neuen Regionalpolitik - die Probleme der triangularen, interskalaren Koordination - spezifisch uberpruft. Fur diese Analyse haben ich Archive neu untersucht und Tiefeninterviews mit politischen Entscheidungstragern gefuhrt. Multiskalare Regierungsfuhrung Regionalpolitik Regionalentwicklung Interskalare Koordination Globale Produktionsnetze Neuer Regionalismus Lee Y.-S. ¿Desarrollo equilibrado en la globalizacion del desarrollo regional? Analisis de la nueva politica regional en Corea del Sur, Regional Studies. En este articulo analizo desde un punto de vista critico la adopcion del 'nuevo regionalismo' por parte de Corea del Sur como base para las iniciativas politicas a nivel regional. Sostengo que esta nueva politica regional plantea un dualismo entre endogenismo y exogenismo y, por tanto, no puede reformular y rearticular perspectivas teoricas y politicas sobre la globalizacion del desarrollo regional. En vez de dualismo, he desarrollado un concepto de 'gobernanza multiescalar' como objetivo analitico a traves del cual puede analizarse el desarrollo regional en la era de la globalizacion. Desde este punto de vista, reviso en concreto los inconvenientes de la nueva politica regional: los problemas de la coordinacion interescalar. Para este analisis he llevado a cabo una nueva investigacion de archivo y entrevistas exhaustivas con responsables politicos. Gobernanza multiescalar Politica regional Desarrollo regional Coordinacion interescalar Redes de produccion global Nuevo regionalismo

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  • Yong-Sook Lee, 2009. "Balanced Development in Globalizing Regional Development? Unpacking the New Regional Policy of South Korea," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(3), pages 353-367.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:43:y:2009:i:3:p:353-367
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400802171981
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    1. Hyun-kyung Lee & Hong-bae Kim, 2019. "Regional preferences for the living environment and mobility of researchers and general workers: the case of Korea," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 62(1), pages 169-186, February.
    2. Hyungjoo Kim & Yong-Sook Lee & Hye-Ran Hwang, 2014. "Regionalization of Planned S&T Parks: The Case of Daedeok S&T Park in Daejeon, South Korea," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 32(5), pages 843-862, October.
    3. Yong-Sook Lee & Eun-Jung Hwang, 2012. "Global Urban Frontiers through Policy Transfer? Unpacking Seoul’s Creative City Programmes," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 49(13), pages 2817-2837, October.
    4. Diana Schüler, 2023. "Institutional change and entrepreneurship as occupational choice—The case of South Korea," Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 385-439, September.
    5. Douglas R Gress, 2015. "Knowledge bases, regional innovation systems, and Korea's solar PV industry," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 33(6), pages 1432-1449, December.
    6. Chan-Yuan Wong & Keun Lee, 2022. "Evolution of innovation systems of two industrial districts in East Asia: transformation and upgrade from a peripheral system and the role of the core firms, Samsung and TSMC," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 32(3), pages 955-990, July.
    7. Lee, Hahn Shik & Lee, Woo Suk, 2019. "Cross-regional connectedness in the Korean housing market," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(C).
    8. Schüler, Diana & Suhalitca, Mihaela & Pascha, Werner & Oh, Keun-yeob, 2020. "Government policies for start-ups in Korea and its regions: Motives, mechanisms and major obstacles," Working Papers on East Asian Studies 127/2020, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST.
    9. Henry Wai-chung Yeung, 2015. "Regional development in the global economy: A dynamic perspective of strategic coupling in global production networks," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 7(1), pages 1-23, March.

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